Revolt leader executed after court martial in Mexico
The Mexican Embassy reported both eastern and western rebel fronts cut in two by federal forces. Esperanza, a key rail hub, fell after defeats at Canada, Morelos and Palm stations with General Alba among the captives. Western forces seized La Barca and Morelia favoring the federation as rebels suffered ammo shortages and demoralization.
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Washington
Esperanza
Maycotte
Castero
Villanueva
Garza
Samuel Alba
Canada
Morelos
Palmar
Oaxaca
Jalapa
Ver Cruz
la Barca
Guadalajara
Michoacan
Jalisco
Morelia
Rebel Leader Executed by Federals After Siege
Samuel Aiva the rebel leader was executed after a four day siege at San Marcos following a summary court martial. Reports detail heavy rebel losses at Bull Ring and exchanges around Morelia with claims of 150 rebels killed and 400 casualties across eight days. A separate dispatch notes 50 000 rounds of ammunition for Obregon armies crossing the border from Fort Bliss to Juarez.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Samuel Aiva
Canada
Morelos
Morelia
Obregon
EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Ft. Bliss
Juarez
Obregon Education Secretary Resigns Amid Assassins Row
Jose Jasconcelos secretary for education in President Obregon's cabinet resigns by telegraph. The resignation, not published until accepted, is rumored to cite failure to arrest the assassins of Senator Field Jurado.
Death of Coy Purnell Ends House of David Heir
Coy Purnell forty year old son of Benjamin Purnell leader of the House of David colony dies of pneumonia after a lingering illness. Benjamin Purnell, wanted by Michigan authorities on charges of improper conduct, did not appear at his son's bedside as predicted. Stella Purnell divorced wife of Coy and Mary Purnell mother consented to funeral arrangements, while colony rites prohibit members from burying the dead.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
House of David Colony
Coy Purnell
Benjamin
Purnell
Benjamin Purnell
Michigan
Shiloh House
Stella Purnell
Coy
Mary
Fifteen Die In Rhode Island Explosion And Gas Wrecks
Pawtucket Rhode Island January 28 explosion wrecked a two family home at Cumberland Hill Manville killing fifteen people most asphyxiated by gas ignition and a dynamite stash in the cellar. Additional gas deaths and near misses were reported in Cincinnati and nearby cities as investigators described the tragedy and rescue efforts.
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Rhode Island
Cincinnati
Pawtucket
R.I
Cumberland Hill
Manville
Adelard Hamel
Michael Conway
Apolline Dancour
Hamel
Woman Dies of Burns as Gas Blast Sinks Family
A 3 year old Mrs Hedwig Martin of Evanston died from burns after lighting a stove and igniting her clothing when a match was struck. A Black man was asphyxiated by gas and two white men were overcome by fumes as the blast threatened the family home.
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Double House
Evanston
Hedwig Martin
Ernst Martin
Idlewild Avenue
Centenarian Luther Marsh Misses Birthday Celebration
Luther Halsey Marsh, who turned 100 yesterday, could not attend his own birthday party after a morning misstep in Walnut Hills. Surrounded by family at Chatham Apartments, he remains active in memory and humor, with a lifelong love of reading and billiards.
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Luther Halsey Marsh
Chatham Apartments
Chatham
McMillan Streets
Walnut Hills
Abbie Marsh
John Marsh
Indianapolis
Erin Pickton Marsh
Norwood
George Washington
Cincinnati
Losantiville
Booth Tarkington
Penrod
Sam
Mr. Marsh
Len Harris
May Cornell Stoiber Resigns From New Thought Temple Leader Post
Mrs May Cornell Stoiber resigns as leader of the New Thought Temple in Cincinnati effective within sixty days. Board of Trustees accepts the resignation with regret citing harmony and progress in the temple, noting her prior recall and the nearby Divine Science Church emergence. Trustees present include L E Trotter W N Hanson Bernard Kemper P D Bailey F W Willey Oliver C Olrieve E A Gast N S Hastings Clair H Norton and J J Siegman.
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May Cornell Stoiber
New Thought Temple
Board of Trustees
Stoiber
New Thought Temple of Cincinnati
L. E. Trotter
W. N. Hanson
Bernard Kemper
P. D. Bailey
F. W. Willey
Oliver C. Olrieve
E. A. Gast
N. S. Hastings
Clair H. Norton
J. J. Siegman
Bandits Rob Hammond Distillery of Sixty Barrels Whisky
Bandits estimated at twenty to thirty raided the Hammond Distillery Company's plant in Hammond Indiana used as a government warehouse. Three guards claim they were forced to drink whisky until intoxicated then the robbers removed sixty barrels. Guards were arrested for questioning. robbers fled with three motor trucks, leaving one behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hammond Distillery Company
Hammond
Ind
Railroad strike ends in London after talks
The railway engineers and firemen announced a settlement at a joint conference that began at 10 o clock last night and ended at 4 30 this morning. The men will return to work immediately and full details will be published today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Jealous Husband Fires Four Shots Wounding Man In Carthage
In Carthage last night John Karlage 38 fired four shots at Reese Hatton 47 after following Hatton to Karlage’s wife’s home. Hatton was wounded in the left shoulder and is in serious condition at General Hospital. Karlage was arrested for shooting with intent to kill.
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Lockland Avenue
Carthage
John Karlage
Maple Avenue
Elmwood Place
Reese Hatton
East Liberty Street
Springfield
Big Four Railroad
Hatton
General Hospital
Karlage
Princess Wins 100000 in Alienation of Affection Case
A New York sheriff's jury awarded Princess Elaine de Lippe Lipski 100000 damages from her sister Gertrude Schroeder for alienation of the Prince's affections. The Princess testified to marital happiness ending after Schroeder's interference, noting substantial personal expenditures and shared life with the Prince in Port Chester, New York. Schroeder is reported to be in Germany with the Prince.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elaine de Lippe Lipski
Wendell Phillips
Carry-On
Gertrude Schroeder
Joseph A. Shap
Port Chester
N. Y
Cop With Each Drink Proves Effective Saloon Clamp
In Philadelphia on January 23, Director Butler and Lt. John Clay deploy a 24 hour surveillance system in the tenderloin area. One officer per saloon shadows each customer to monitor orders and drinks, leading to many bars slowing noon trade or closing early.
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Philadelphia
Butler
John Clay
Tenderloin
Maid Held in Gem Theft
Helen Golden age 29 a maid at the Hotel Ambassador Park Avenue was arrested at her home and charged with stealing 80000 dollars worth of jewelry from the Hotel Ambassador Atlantic City and 50000 dollars from the Hotel Ambassador New York City nbsp
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New York
Helen Golden
Ambassador
Park Avenue
Atlantic City
Resignation demanded as Denby ill at home
The article reports a push to require Senator Denby’s resignation amid malfeasance charges tied to oil leases. Albert Fall lies ill at Zevely residence in Washington and may be examined by the Senate committee there. Leaders discuss the matter at a White House conference with Lodge, Curtis, Hale, Pepper, and Lenroot.
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Washington
Senate
Albert B. Fall
Zevely
Levi Cooke
Secretary of the Interior
Fall
Cooke
White House
Lenroot
Senate Oil Committee
Lodge
Massachusetts
Curtis
Kansas
Hale
Naval
Pepper
Rep. Pa
Denby
Walsh Discusses Teapot Dome History in Senate Session
Senator Walsh spoke about seven hours of debate on the Walsh resolution seeking cancellation of naval oil leases held by Sinclair and Doheny interests. A vote was planned for tomorrow as he cited Secretary Fall and President Harding letters clarifying cabinet discussions and legality before leases were issued.
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Washington
Senate
Sinclair and Doheny
Walsh
Dem
Mont
Washington Star
Teapot Dome
Sinclair
Harding
Teaport Dome
Fall
United States
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of the Interior
Denby
Navy
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate Committee
E. L. Doheny
Harry F. Sinclair
Montana
California
Standard Oil Company
House
Lenroot
Sinclair Teapot Dome
Coolsiage
Robinson
Coolidge
Teanet Dome
Want Ad News Highlights Include Rentals and Jobs
A store opposite Findlay Market is for rent. A delicatessen seeks sales in the business opportunity column. An Oakland Sport 1921 model with wire wheels is sold for cash in the used car column. A reward for the burnished shell rims glassware last Sunday in Burnet Woods. Hustlers offered 25 dollars weekly for house to house work. A large firm seeks a couple for industrial restaurant feeding 85 to 90 people. A local wholesale jewelry house needs a man to head the billing department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Daughter of W P G Harding Ends Life in Boston Whirlpool
In Boston, Margaret Elliott Harding daughter of W P G Harding governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, shot herself with his revolver. He says she was driven by a craving for social life and cigarettes, leaving notes asking forgiveness and detailing her distress.
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Boston
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Margaret Elliott
Miss Harding
Hawkes
Washington
Harding
Margaret
New York
Seeyiam
Ington
G. A. Waterman
Dr. Waterman
Figure 3 Mistake Sparks Dual Hazel Allens Arrest
Sheriff Davis sent a telegram ordering Cincinnati police to arrest Mrs. Hazel Allen of 2534 Vine Street on a Germantown grand larceny charge. Detectives Brink and Horan found two women named Hazel Allen, one from Germantown and one from Vine Street, leading to a mistaken arrest before correcting the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Davis
Germantown
Brink
Hanrahan
Davis
Cincinnati
Hazel Allen
Vine Street
Fundamentalist Pastor Wins Debate On Evolution
In New York on January 28 Dr. John Roach Straton of Calvary Baptist topped Rev. Charles Francis Potter of West Side Unitarian in a debate on whether the earth and man came by evolution. Judges favored Straton for better logic and asserted the Bible’s authority while Potter admitted evolution is uncertain and cited scientific learning and the Bible’s differing claims.
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Associated Press
New York
John Roach Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
Charles Francis Potter
West Side Unitarian Church
Straton
Dr. Straton
Potter
Judge rules proxy marriages legal nationwide in common law states
Federal Judge Lowell holds that a marriage by proxy valid where performed is valid in all states recognizing common law marriages. Suzanna Sabina, a Portuguese bride of Manuel Gomes, freed from immigration custody after a proxy ceremony in Portugal. The ruling could allow other aliens held for deportation to gain admissibility under this interpretation.
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Boston
Lowell
Suzanna Sabina
Manuel Gomes
Philadelphia
Providence
R. I
Lisbon
Gomes
Portugal
Senate push to annul Fall oil leases in Teapot Dome probe
In Washington the Senate debated resolutions to force the president to pursue annulment of Sinclair and Doheny oil contracts. A separate measure sought Secretary Denby’s resignation, while President Coolidge indicated pursuit of prosecutions. House approved 100000 for prosecutions with broad Democratic opposition to Denby and Daugherty.
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Alva
House of David
Calm
Carl
Charles Martin
Howard Burbridge
Brock
Handley
Dorothy Urban
Race Street
Margaret Skeen
Rittenhouse Street
Broadway
Dee Coleman
Michael McCarthy
McCarthy
Roe Street
Albert Vaaril
Tle
Schroeder
Interior
Findlay Market
Burnet Woods
Man
W. P. G.harding
Maetes
Navy Department
The
Doheny
Arkansas
Daugherty
Garrett
Tennessee
Navy and
Justice Departments
House Naval Committee
Democratic
United States Senate
Edwin Denby
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